ISLANDS l T - a(fi.1-·. Dur1ni t o d ~ b a t e parliament it wae madeAclear - in the London that Brtta1n want• Quemoy and Mateu handed over to Rea China. Lord Privy Seal, Edwerd Heath, an1wer1ng laborite queetione - with the observation that the off-1hore 111And1 are obvioullly part of ma . inland China. )l'ence - ought J not It, be defended.~~~-~t.4e11■ aa1-et ~ But - would the Conservative government refuae to 1upport America in such a deteneeT ~ Lord Privy Seal - refueed to give a reply to that one. IIIIIPI President Kennedy 11 tell1n~ lh~uahchev that America expect ■ progre11 . .. through t h e ueual rG;f-4 diplomatic chann e ls. ,.)1bProvement 1n Soviet-American relat,one -- by way of the Amba1sador1. That•• the 1~pl1cat1on of the Pre11dent•1 expre111on of L\,S, confidence in Llewellyn Thompeon, . _ Amba11adot to ~ Moscow. Keening - what Amba11ador Thomp~on 11 not juet a me111ger between wasblngton and Moscow. He'• a relp(J) ~1ble agent - charged by the A d m1n11trat1on with laying the ~round work for any diplomacy at a .. M.. higher level. Thie~ a follow up to what Pre11dent Kennedy and Sec re tar y of - State Ru1k have already -- 881dt that routine diplomacy should be ueed, before ,,( there 1s any thougbt of a summit conference. CONGO · oni g ht another l e ader of t t e Congo - 1s defying the UN. Premier Jos e ph Ileo, warning - he will n ot let the UN troop1 1n Leopoldville ta ..So s 1nfr inge on hie authority. ' I leo ~ joined Tshombe ,.( of Katanga - 1n calling the UN vote •en act of war.• _,,) • Secretary General authority to reetore order by force. H e anwhile, Tehombe · den1.1 that he will A.. send h11 army - to attack the UN aold1ers ln Katanga. But he r e p e a t ~ he lntende to keep hle Belgian a . ctvi1ore ho matter what the Security Council think• about it. Atroclt1eeT Reports continue to reach ongoleee o o l d l e r • ~ those sixteen antt-Lumumba official• 1n Stanleyv111e -- isn't clear. Rumors pers1et - that ell sixteen were e xecuted, 1n reprisal tor Lumu~ba's death. AIRLJIJiS The 1nag in the negotlatlone over the fli g ht Engineer, etrike concerne diecipllnary action. Yee1erday we heard about western Airline, - firin g its flight engineer,. ~placing them with .,) pilote - becauee they walked off their jobe. Later, Secreta r y of Labor Goldberg 1a1d - he wpe not in favor of punishment for the as etrikere. To whlob the Union now retort• - -~~ •what ' about Weetern~ Secretary Goldberg ie asking the company - a■ ~ ite flight engineer■ ... be reinetated? That question, unanswered - ae of now. §AT ELLI II Our Mutt-and-Jeff-in-the-sky are acting too aucb lite the characters in the coaic atrip. Al•a,• together i nstead ot going their se p arate waye. Two satellite• riding the 1aae rocket into outer apace and talllq to break apart into different orbit• as 1le7 were auppoaed to do. Even so, •Mutt and Jett• are sending back radio signals; and their Jaunt into outer apace is called •a qualified succea1.• ASTBPIAVT s ft Two Americana 1ay they're all 1et for a A- ride - lastin g sixteen minutes. DoePn't Round like much - but 1t will be the moet import&nt tril> in the l ife of the individual tapped for it.~hicla - ._, / an Atlas r o c k et. D i 1tance of the trip - a hundred milee un, end thre e hundred mite• down the Atlantic Range. Time - ~u•t over a quarter of an hour. So - who will it beT Today, Bevy commander Alan Shepard and Marine Colonel John ~ ~ Glenn told newemen ~ would like I,.... -- -· fi - - to be the f i r ~ n to fly through the fringe of outer ~ ~ . 1pac e. re 18dle een t iment,,{_ echoed by A 1 r 1 or ce Captain Virgil Gr1e1om - who couldn't attend the newe confer e nce beca11e of the a1rl1ne etrite. ~~ Our aetronaute are C o n f i ~ ~ - U & licked the nroblem - of ll)RC8 fllgh't / heyl,e Ataalane of willing to g a m ble their 1 ~ it. them will m ake th'8amble - "'•the next few week• or m oo ths. §PACI A di1patch from Colomb Bechar 1n the Sahara - 1tate1 that Hector 18 1n good shape. Hector, the ~l¼t"'- space rat 1 A_ · ,public figure in rrance, ever 11uce , he was photo~rephed - in his natty leather space suit. ,Zomplete with mittens - andAie~met. I Today, at the Sahara launching 1ite - Hector went aboard hie Veronique rocket; /he rrencb m11s1 le that 11 scheduled t become - a wort horse of the European epece pro~ram. The Veronique zooming up - in a cloud of amoke. Reaching en altitude - of ninety ttz five miles. rall1ng back on the•• sands of the desert - twenty-seven m11e1 from the launching pad. When they opened ' the rocket - the peae-en~er began to equeel. Released trof111 epaoe begl1nf cha , mber be began to run around - ~•I •• • \ tor a piece of cheeF . . Blaee about the whole thing - Hector the space rat. !XPLO SI N The explo ion that wreck e d an oil refinery 1n t e Texas Panhandle destroyed a new fractionating unit. The m ach ... nery of the plant, where they break down crude oil - into 1t component parts. Ga~ol1ne, kerosene, naptha, and o on. A te~m of ten men were •• wrapping the pipeF to protect them from the cold, when a eeries of violent vibrations began. Ending - in a shattering blast. The machinery - torn apart. The ten men, enveloped - 1n searing flames. Nine - killed in~tently. The tenth - badly burned. Two others - in a ~tate of ehock. BEER In Ro ford , En la nd , e bre w e ry Ptr ike . as••• en ed A fter nly f o ur days. The workers - d r o PP i n g t e 1 r d e m and s . Xu st 11 n g b a ck - t o t he 1 r ) jobs. The reason - beer. Or the 1 ck ~ it - 8 .L • Here's the etory. On F riday, the employees at t h e brewery struck - in o rote t over the firing of two of their metes. They set u p h edquertere in an inn - which beca m e a busy nlece, for those four d8 ye. High level eessione - with drinks ell around. Pickets, downing a pint or two - before going on duty. The same - when they came off. Leet ni~ht - th e bubble burst. O r ~ ~ - the beer barrel T • • ~ '"the ~~ ~ l l I I ~ ,,A ~ no more bee) " IJle ~ t a 1 a L.ftw. brewery workers - had drunk it all. Then . e added xg•• the poignant line - •t can't get Any more beer, until you ~ o beck to work.• ~ d 1 l e l l l l l l 8 -;A.. - for the strikers. They couldn't win their case against t 1 e company BEEi - 2 ~ - without kee in g the brewery closed down. And they figured they couldn't last out a strike - without an occasi nal glass of beer. So, they voted to return to their jobs. They may not have won - the labor dispute, ~ick, but th~y are drinking beer a g ain. CHEF The Kenn ed y A ministration he suffered a iplomatic defeat - on t h e int e rn ational l e vel. The nations involved - A m erica, B ritain, France, end Vi a t Nam. At etake - Viu Vam Han. No, not a town. Or a battle field. V1u Vam Han 1s a cta'ef from Vi e t Nam - who rune the kitchen for the Fr ench A m bassador in London. An und e r cover ag e nt from Washixn tried to lure him into working - for America. ~ e Pre ident - et the Wh it e House. But the man from Viet Nam - wee · loya~eportj/. the plot - to his superior. So in London, the , rench Ambas1ador announces - he's not loelng - hls chef. The White Hous ~ will h ave to get alon - without Vlu Vam Hen. LTP.1961.02.22i.pdf LTP.1961.02.22ii.pdf